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Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods groundbreaking

Derrin Carter, drum keeper of the Woodland Warriors and a Mashantucket Tribal member performs with fellow drummers during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Members of the Woodland Warriors, 4-year-old Zahir "Lightning" Fahnbulleh, and his father Roland Fahnbulleh, both of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe, take a moment to relax after performing during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Ken Reels, vice-chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Commission, performs a smudging prayer ritual during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Sherryl Martin, center, a Mashantucket Pequot tribal member, cheers on a fashion model, during the fashion show portion of a groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Ken Reels, left, vice-chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Commission, performs a smudging prayer ritual with Steven Tanger, president/CEO of Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc., during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Ken Reels, right, vice-chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Commission, performs a smudging prayer ritual with Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Ken Reels, vice-chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Commission, performs a smudging prayer ritual during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

A groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Zahir "Lightning" Fahnbulleh, 4, of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe, lays down in the sand during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Zahir "Lightning" Fahnbulleh, 4, of the Mashantucket Pequot tribe, decides to call it a day and attempt to walk away with a shovel and hardhat used during a groundbreaking ceremony at the Foxwoods Resort and Casino for the new Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Mashantucket Pequot tribal leaders participate in a ceremonial groundbreaking for the long-awaited outlet mall that will link Foxwoods Resort Casino's Grand Pequot Hotel and the adjacent MGM Grand at Foxwoods.